India on Friday extended the ban on scheduled international commercial passenger flights till July 31 as the Covid-19 pandemic showed no signs of abating.
However, the civil aviation regulator DGCA kept the option of allowing international scheduled flights on select routes on approval by the competent authority on a case by case basis.
This caveat is significant as India is in talks with civil aviation authorities of the US, Canada, Britain, France, Germany and some Gulf countries to make bilateral arrangements for allowing international travel through “air bubbles”.
Travel as demand on these routes continue to remain high even after the evacuation of stranded passengers.
